A campaign by a Southport dad whose wife was killed by an elderly driver is set to be heard by senior MPs.

Former Birkdale High pupil Ben Brooks-Dutton lost his wife Desreen just after 8pm on November 10, 2012, when an 83-year-old driver mounted the kerb in West Hampstead, North London and hit her.

Pensioner Geoffrey Lederman also clipped the pushchair of Ben and Desreen’s son Jackson, then two, when he confused the pedals of his car and hit the accelerator instead of the brake. His car was hurtling at 54mph in a 20mph zone.

“My son is only alive because I pulled him out of the way from that car,” says Ben.

PR executive Ben has since led a campaign calling for a change in the law, so that elderly drivers are re-tested every three years from the age of 70 onwards before they can continue driving.